Want to get ahead in youth sports? Try staying back a year.

想在青少年体育运动中出人头地吗? 尝试回去一年。

The Indicator from Planet Money

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2024-09-04

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Reclassing, when a student repeats an academic year by choice, is a popular way for kids trying to land a spot in a top college athletics program. But it can also come with some heavy costs. Today on the show, we explore the reclassing phenomenon and pressures kids and their parents face in a competitive environment for young athletes. Related episodes: Should schools be paying their college athletes? (Apple / Spotify) The monetization of college sports (Apple / Spotify) For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • NPR.

  • Sally Hirschupps, you're back on the indicator, this time with a personal story.

  • Welcome back.

  • Thank you.

  • Yes.

  • So I'm a step parent.

  • My stepson Clyde is 17.

  • He plays soccer.

  • And I kept hearing about this thing the cool kids were doing.

  • It is called reclassing.

  • Clyde Felsen.

  • Hello.

  • So what is reclassing?

  • Reclassing for high school students is when you redo a year of high school.

  • He's talking here about student athletes specifically.

  • And by the way, it also happens in middle school.

  • You just repeat 7th or 8th grade.

  • And here's the thing.

  • They're not doing it because of bad grades, but because they want to.

  • Why would you want to redo a year of school?